European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis) Nest Predation: A Study with Artificial Nests [PDF]
Biology, 2023 Nest predation significantly impacts the population decline of the long-living European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis). Kis-Balaton is one of the most important habitats of this species in Hungary, and in May 2017 more than 400 damaged nests were counted.
Jenő J. Purger +3 more
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Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Selective pressures imposed by pathogenic microorganisms to embryos have selected in hosts for a battery of antimicrobial lines of defenses that includes physical and chemical barriers.
Cristina Ruiz-Castellano +4 more
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Landscape structure and site characteristics influence whether the northern house martin Delichon urbicum occupies artificial nests [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionArtificial nest sites can support populations of endangered species when they are correctly installed. Here we analysed the characteristics and conditions that determined whether the northern house martin Delichon urbicum occupied more than 300 ...
Gianna Allera +3 more
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Quantifying the relative predation pressure on bumblebee nests by the European badger (Meles meles) using artificial nests [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Bumblebee populations are declining. Factors that impact the size and success of colonies act by either limiting resource availability (bottom‐up regulation) or causing mortality, for example, pesticides, disease, and possibly predation (top‐down ...
Bethany R. Roberts +2 more
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Long Term Assessment of Predator Pressure on Artificial Nests of Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in Urban and Agricultural Areas of Lublin (Poland) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn the study (2005–2023), the pressure of predators on breeding common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in urban (city of Lublin) and agricultural areas was compared using artificial nests.
Piotr Czyżowski +3 more
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Birds Decorating Their Nests With Plastic May Suffer Less Egg Depredation by Corvids [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMany birds add anthropogenic material to the nest. This may increase the probability of total failure because the nest may be more easily located by enemies.
Tore Slagsvold, Magne Husby
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Mitigating Fox Predation on Freshwater Turtle Nests: Comparing Effectiveness of Three In Situ Protection Methods [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionFreshwater turtles in the Murray‐Darling Basin (MDB), Australia, have declined since the 1970s. Intense nest predation by introduced foxes likely contributes to these declines, disrupting juvenile recruitment needed to sustain populations.
Christina Hunter +5 more
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The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Artificial Wild Turkey Nest Survival in Closed‐Canopy Mixed Hardwood Forest [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an economically and culturally important upland game bird that has recently declined in abundance across portions of the Southeast.
Mariah G. McInnis +3 more
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Avian Research, 2022 Nest predation is an essential factor affecting bird population density, reproductive ecology and life cycle. However, there are still contradictory results about how nest predation pressure changes with urbanization.
Xingmin Chen +4 more
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Predation on artificial nests by marmosets of the genus Callithrix (Primates, Platyrrhini) in a Cerrado fragment in Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Biotemas, 2013 Although the causes of decline in bird populations in forest fragments are not well known, nest predation seems to play a major role in these events. A way to estimate the relative importance of predation for the reproduction of native birds is the use ...
Marcos Vinícius de Almeida +3 more
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